Here is another addition of the Green Moms Carnival, taking on the dreaded, the chemical laden, the oh so hard to biodegrade, but everywhere substance: PLASTIC. The Green Moms have reams here about plastic: reducing it, avoiding it, what is safest, and what to get instead of it. And it all comes from Beth at Fake Plastic Fish, who chronicles her experiences trying to rid plastic from her life.
Readers, what do you do about plastic?
3 comments:
I do a lot of things to reduce plastic in my house:
I try to replace plastic things (tupperware, utensils, ect.) with better alternatives like bamboo, stainless steel, glass... as the plastic items finish their life. Or if it is a great replacement product is on an excellent sale. Anything still usable I freecycle.
I have freecycled a good most of the kids plastic intensve toys and replaced them with better alternatives such as wool felted play food, wooden train sets, automoblox, puzzels, a dirtbox and some kitchen utensils and metal tonka diggers ect.
I write an online list for relatives to look at for acceptable toys or gifts on brithdays or holidays. If they get some aweful plastic or noist toy I let them play with it for a week or so then we freecycle it. When they are older this may be harder...
At the store I ALWAYS bring my cloth bags and I have little ones for bulk stuff. I don't put any produce into "produce bags" - you wash it before you eat it anyway right? I do not buy stuff that is over packaged eg. single wrapped TP? what a waste.
At home I try to make things over buying. Recently I started making yogourt. It is so easy!!
Avoid as much as possible. Reuse what I can and recycle what is left if possible. Some plastic is just not avoidable and that annoys the heck out of me but I have reduced from one rubbish bag per week to one per fortnight (and not as full) so we are going more or less in the right direction.
viv in nz
Great ideas, commenters! I am inspired. Thanks for listing your ideas here. I might turn them into a reader comment post, featuring your thoughts.
Thanks again,
Katy
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